Alex Cooper, poznata voditeljica podcasta "Call Her Daddy" i popularna tiktokerica, iznijela je teške optužbe na račun bivše nogometne trenerice Nancy Feldman, tvrdeći da ju je Feldman seksualno uznemiravala tijekom tri godine koje je provela igrajući za Sveučilište u Bostonu.
Optužbe su iznesene u dvodijelnom dokumentarcu "Call Her Daddy" koji je premijerno prikazan na filmskom festivalu Tribeca, a potom emitiran na platformi Hulu. Cooper tvrdi da je Feldman komentirala njezino tijelo i privatni život, kontrolirala je i neprimjereno dodirivala.
@fathercooper Since my documentary has been released it has become public that I was sexually harassed for three years by Nancy Feldman, my college soccer coach at Boston University. Nancy Feldman was someone I trusted. Someone I believed in. Someone who was supposed to help me grow. Someone who was supposed to protect me. But instead she made my life a living hell and abused her power over me. She stripped me of my identity and took away what I had worked my entire life for because she didn’t control herself. This defined my life for a decade and impacted her life 0%. I reported the abuse to the athletic director, Drew Marachello, and I was turned away and ignored. There was no accountability, no investigation, and no justice. So when I found out the harassment and abuse was STILL happening on that campus today - 10 years later by Nancy Feldman’s successor and my former assistant coach, I knew I needed to share my story. This is no longer just about me, this is systemic. When this initially happened to me I felt like I had no voice. But that is no longer the case. Now I’m coming for all of you who abused your power over innocent young individuals. Nancy Feldman, you will no longer be able to hide in the shadows and get away unscathed from the calculated pain you caused me and so many other women. To anyone who has also experienced what I have and been ignored… I am with you and this is DAY ONE of changing the system, flipping the script and finding justice. We will no longer be silenced. I’m ready to bulldoze through every fucking door for all of you out there. Because when I was 18 years old, dismissed and ignored by Boston University, I prayed and wished someone with a voice would have held my hand and helped me through the darkest time in my life. Daddy Gang, I got you. Stay tuned❤️
♬ original sound - Alexandra Cooper
"Nancy Feldman je bila osoba kojoj sam vjerovala. Umjesto da me štiti i podržava, napravila mi je pakao od života i zloupotrijebila moć koju je imala nada mnom", napisala je Cooper u objavi na Instagramu.
Navela je i da je o zlostavljanju obavijestila sportskog direktora sveučilišta Drewa Marrochellu, ali da, kako tvrdi, on nije poduzeo ništa. Sveučilište u Bostonu oglasilo se priopćenjem u kojem navodi da provodi politiku nulte tolerancije prema seksualnom uznemiravanju te da ima razvijen sustav podrške za studente.
Cooper je za Boston Globe ispričala kako je trenerica jednom prilikom, nakon što su neke suigračice oboljele od mononukleoze, samo nju pozvala u ured i ispitivala s kim je bila. Tvrdi i da je pomoćnu trenericu Casey Brown molila za pomoć, ali nije naišla na razumijevanje. Brown je za medije izjavila da se tog događaja ne sjeća, ali tvrdi da nikad ne bi ignorirala igračicu koja joj se obrati za pomoć.
Dokumentarac je prvotno trebao prikazati događaje iza kulisa njezine Unwell turneje iz 2023. godine, ali posjet sveučilišnom stadionu probudio je teške uspomene.
"Kad sam zakoračila na teren, osjetila sam se malenom, kao da mi je opet 18 godina, potpuno nemoćna i bez glasa", rekla je Cooper u posebnoj epizodi podcasta "My College Soccer Trauma".
Navodi da je kasnije otkrila kako i druge žene imaju slična iskustva s Feldman, koja je u mirovinu otišla 2022. godine. Cooper tvrdi da se zlostavljanje nastavilo i pod vodstvom nove trenerice.
Osim potresnih svjedočanstava, dokumentarac donosi i priču o Cooperinom usponu do jedne od najutjecajnijih podcasterica svijeta, a u filmu sudjeluju Sofia Franklyn, Matt Kaplan, producentica Lauren McMullen i Dave Portnoy.
